USDA Licensed Commercial Breeders in Minnesota

USDA Licensed Commercial Animal Dealers (a.k.a. "Brokers") in Minnesota

hello, i have looked at the website for cuddle me puppies for several months now. i always found it quite unusual that these people always have their pups dressed up, in the photos of pups for sale. only last week did i decide to call the humane society, to speak to an investigator about this place , in little falls, mn. i was told that he'd be unable to help me with all this because i hadnt actually been at the location. hoever, he did give me info on who may be of help {with this possible{?}abuse.)......please email YOUR concerns to "animalfolksmn.org", or write to them at: 1043 grand ave., #115, st.paul, mn 55105. please do as soon as you can!1 THANK YOU !!!!!!!!!!!!

Don't fall for it - educate via online research, skip the drive - and save yourself alot of heartache.

OH MY GOD! I CAN'T BELIEVE I DIDN'T CHECK THIS OUT BEFORE I WENT TO BUY MY PRECIOUS COCKAPOO ON 10/3/09. I AM SO NERVOUS NOW THERE MIGHT BE SOMETHING WRONG WITH HER! I SAW THE WEBSITE ON LINE AND WENT OUT THE NEXT DAY TO GET HER. WHEN I GOT THERE I THOUGHT IT WAS A LITTLE STRANGE ALSO THAT I COULDN'T HOLD HER, BUT MARY ANN CONVINCED ME IT WAS FOR A VERY GOOD REASON. ALSO I PAID HER IN CASH AND AFTER I LEFT I GOT A CALL FROM HER SAYING I WAS SHORT AND I KNEW I WASN'T BUT DID TELL HER I WOULD SEND HER THE $20 I OWE, BUT NOW AFTER READING THIS I AM SO NOT SENDING HER ANYTHING!!!! THE ONLY THING I NOTICED WRONG WITH MY PUPPY WHEN I FIRST LEFT WITH HER WAS SHE SOUNDED LIKE SHE HAD SOMETHING IN HER LUNGS. BUT AFTER A DAY SHE HAS SOUNDED FINE! I WOULD NEVER HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO A PUPPY MILL IF I WOULD HAVE KNOWN! I AGREE, THEY MUST BE STOPPED!

On 10/10/09 We went to check on a puppy at Cuddle me puppies. We were called two hours before we were to meet by the lady Mary Ann asking if we were still coming to see the puppies and we told her yes. We drove two hour to get there. When we got there we were met by Mary Ann and were also directed to the store front like room that had two glass window like areas that had two puppies in each area. The puppy we were looking for was going to be for our 11 year daughter. Her first dog and she was very excited. But we walked in and we noticed that the puppies weren't very active and when we approached the window the puppies shyed away like they were frightened. We asked if we could look at them so this Mary Ann went around the back and took out the one puppy that we were interested in. It took her a very long time to finally come out with the dog and when we asked to hold it she told us we couldn't because she guaranteed them free of virus and if she allowed people to hold them they could catch disease from the people. We thought this was really odd and told her then that we wanted to think about it and talk it over with our family before making a decision. We left thinking this woman is covering something up and something weird is going on. If you are buying a puppy you want to interact with it and check it over to see if it is okay and works out with your family. What legitimate breeder doesn't want a family to interact with the puppy and check things out. Now we understand why. When we called this Mary Ann back and told her we wouldn't be coming back to buy her puppy and how we thought it was very strange that she wouldn't let us hold the puppy before buying it she got really mad on the phone and slammed the phone down. This is definately a puppy mill. This Mary Ann needs to be stopped. Beware.

I was shocked to read the other posts about Cuddle Me Puppies in Little Falls, MN, but not surprised. I had a very similar experience. We went to this place on Feb. 25 to get a puppy for my birthday. This was our first pet, but I thought the "store" look and puppies behind glass seemed odd. We also were not allowed to hold any puppies. I did fall in love with our Winnie, so we bought her that day. She was diagnosed with Giardia a few days later. My boyfriend sent Mary Anne, the owner, an email immediately. We were upset since there was a "health guarantee" given. She called me a couple weeks later and yelled at me! She refused to help, except to say that we could just bring Winnie back with everything we bought. At this point we had already fallen in love with her, so that was out of the question. I'm just happy we saved her from the puppy mill!

On August 21st I went to what I thought was a good breeder. Little did I know. I purchased a cockopoo puppy from a lady named Mary Ann. The first thing I thought was odd is, she called me over 2 hrs before I was supposed to be there. She asked are you still coming and I said yes, but it takes me 2hrs to get there. When I got there she met us outside and directed us to this room which looked like a puppy store. I instantly looked over to the glass cage and notice 2 puppies. I asked to hold them, she replied no. I asked why, she said that she guarantees her puppies virus free. I thought ok. So I picked out my puppy. She then was in such a hurry to get my $200. Once I did that I was able to hold him. We named him Jasper. On our 2hr trip home, we noticed a few things. I asked my husband, why is his paws so yellow. Then he got sick. It looked like he had just ate. I then said to my husband. We better take him to our own vet. We took him on August 29th. That following Monday we got his results. He was diag. with having Giardia. This is a major infection in his small intestines and colon. I asked my vet what causes this. She said that it is from dirty water with feces in it and walking in other dogs feces. I was so angry. I called Mary Ann and she said that she was not going to help me in anyway. I have reported her. I just hope no one ever buys anything for her. Think twice.....

A friend is looking at getting a boxer pup from http://boxersmn.homestead.com. Anyone know if these guys are legit?

We bought a dog from a person who, after a few conversations started to make us question her credibility. We were so far into the transaction by then and very excited about getting the pup we moved forward and didn't listen to our gut. She doesn't show up as a broker, which is what I think she is, as a breeder or etc. She says she breeds her dogs twice a year. We got the last pup. There were ads running for three weeks after that and again about two weeks later. I questioned her and she said it was her cousin - he didn't have a cell phone she he uses her number. I haven't seen her ad again altho I bet she has a new number. My puppy is not well, red mange, weak, limpy back leg, not socialized at all. We're working with a vet whom we trust, and trying to gain her trust but even after 5 months she runs from us and does not want to be close to us. All I have is suspicions about her early life and it's not good. It has taken the JOY out of having the dog we waited to get after our retirement. We have had 3 of these dogs over the years and this one presents new challenges for us. It's so sad to see her want to come to us but something just won't let her. She's smart-really smart.

Yes, it is a puppy mill. I drove there on 6/8/09 and bought a puppy. I was excited to suprise my 9yr old. I walked in to see a store front like a small petstore. The dogs I wanted 2 look at were in a window such as petstores have. I picked a dog asked to hold it and was told no because people bring diseses in and give to dogs. I thought it was weird, but in all the excitement bought the dog. I get home and 4 days later just thinking the weirdness and the big steel kennels in back made me wonder. I did a search on Fletcher creek kennels in Little falls, MN. What I found was crazy and so sad. These dogs need to be saved. I'm glad I was able to save mine his name is Buster. Please, someone help. I reported them 2 stop puppy mills.org and did not hear a word back.

Funny they are what brought me to this page as well. I think they must be. If you look at the number of breeds they have, this is not someone who is just breeding a few dogs. If you search the list of commercial breeders, there is one in Little Falls (Rachel SK9 Country). Chances are they changed their name.

Does anyone have any information on Cuddle Me Puppies in Little Falls, MN? Are they a puppy mill? I was looking online at some of their puppies, but I don't want to get one if they are a mill.

I have Cocker Spaniels. About a year prior to all the publicity I sold a beautiful AKC registrable female puppy "Suzy" to a Husband and Son looking for a gift for the Wife/Mom. It seemed to be the perfect home with all the right answers given and the puppy was placed with this family. Imagine my Horror when my Daughters came to my home talking about Gary McDuffee and I recognized his name. I raise my puppies in my home with all the love and attention they deserve and more. There was no way to get her back and all I was told was Sorry by everyone we contacted. To this day it breaks my heart. These kind of people do not just deceive people they sell there puppies to, but also the people they lie to to get there breeding dogs. I had not had a litter of puppies since until this month, and they will not be leaving my home with AKC registration papers. I also try to have a google, yahoo, ect search done on the people, there phone #, & address to see if they pop up any red flags. It is not just buyers beware. Caring breeders need to watch out for these scamming puppy mill owners to.

I HAVE HAD PETS, BOTH DOGS AND CATS, ALL OF MY LIFE, STARTING WHEN I GREW UP ON A FARM. SINCE MOVING TO THE TWIN CITIES I'VE ADOPTED 4 DIFFERENT DOGS FROM SHELTERS. I HAVE A FENCED IN YARD AND HAVE LOVED HAVING FURRY FRIENDS LIVING WITH ME. THEY HAVE ALL BEEN 'HOUSE DOGS', NOT A DOG THAT LIVED OUTSIDE IN A DOG HOUSE. I CAN'T IMAGINE THE TORTURE THAT ANIMALS IN PUPPY MILS, ETC HAVE TO ENDURE. I RECENTLY WAS READING SOME HORROR STORIES AND WATCHING VIDEOS ABT THESE ANIMALS ON THE INTERNET. SOME ARE SO TERRIBLE THAT I COULDN'T EVEN FINISH READING/WATCHING THEM. THERE ARE ENUF DOGS AND CATS THAT NEED HOMES IN THIS WORLD - WITHOUT PUPPY MILLS ADDING TO THE SITUATION.

I would like to see our goverment pass a law that no pet stores are allowed to sell any kind of live animals. I would also like to see the people who do these things that are horrible get jail time instead of fines that they can afford to pay after selling many unhealthy dogs and puppies. These poor animals deserve better and if that means they are too ill to go on putting them to sleep is a better way. I have loved every pet I have ever owned. None of which came from a pet store. If pet stores can no longer sell pets this would put these kind of places out of business. Pet stores should just sell food and needed things for pets. It makes me sick and I'm haunted when I see things on Oprah or the news about these mills. I used to raise poodles and in fact gave someone their money back when I found out the home was no good. Maybe we can get Pamela Anderson to help with this. She is a true PETA person. I have to admit I would like to hire someone to do something awful to these people. I will pray for the future.

We bought our puppy from Country Kennels www.mixedbreedpups.com. Our precious puppy died after 7 months. Looking on their site they have 250 puppies and 75 female dogs if you count all of the links. It's horrible. While we cannot prove our puppy died, as Lucy claims, from a result of this mill, we can prove she had kennel cough when we first purchased her and her immune system was never up to snuff. They never allow any visitor to come on their place to see the puppy or the parents. Alot of red flags we should have listened to. We loved our puppy so much and are so heartbroken. I never want to experience something like this again!

The "Puppy Mill Bill" simply states that "Puppy Mills" should be outlawed in every state. A puppy mill, for this purpose, will be defined as:
Any individual, group, or business that produces a puppy, and sells or gives the puppy to another party to resell.
By signing this petition, you agree with the above definition and the outlaw of all puppy mills in the United States. This petition will be introduced with the "Puppy Mill Bill" to congress, once the required amount of signatures are obtained.

i think that animal mills are illegal no matter what, license or not.look at what the animal mills are doing the dogs and cats, it is absolute cruelty. i can not believe that in order to have a legal animal mill you have to have a license, forget the damn license, these are animals, gods beloved animals.even without animal mills, people are cruel to animals in their own homes. the world to get rid of animal mills, these animals were not put on this earth to be tortured and killed.ALL ANIMAL MILLS LICENSE OR NON LICENSED SHOULD BE SHUT DOWN FOR GOOD....

I work for a newspaper, and I have placed many ads in our classifieds for puppies for sale.....as I was looking through the list of "brokers" in Minnesota, I recognized one of the names as a customer that placed "suspicious" ads for puppies with our paper. I am happy to say that she has not placed an ad with us for about 2 years now, but I am sure that this low-life individual is probably still in business, and it sickens me. As a pet owner, I treat my animals with love and respect, and as members of our family, and they are happy and healthy....the puppy mills need to be shut down, and pet stores need to be banned from selling companion animals from "mills", as EVERY dog and cat needs to be treated with love and humanity, and no animal should be subjected to a life of filth, pain, and despair that "mill" animals have to endure.

I think many Americans like to tell themselves that they can't do anything about Puppy Mills because they're aren't any close enough to them. I myself thought that the puppy mills in Georgia had to be out in the country, far north or south of Atlanta. I told myself that they couldn't possibly be right here, so close to Atlanta. I looked over the list, and I was disguted and horrified to find that there is not just one near me, but there are several! I live in Austell, and the closet registered puppy mill is literally 10 miles from my house! There are others too that are no more than 45 minutes from me! Alpharetta, Douglas, Atlanta, Kennesaw (I work in Kennesaw!!!), Woodstock, Powder Springs!! I had no idea that they were so close and literally in my backyard!

Then we can discuss the "Dealers".

I also wish that Mr. Frist's contributions to animal cruelty would be more widely publicized, as I certainly never heard about it (I live in NY). How ironic that Mr. "Right to Life," who calls legalized abortion a "holocaust of the unborn," apparently has no trouble with perpetrating a holocaust on innocent, defenseless animals which have fully developed consciousness and feel pain.

I came across this site while looking for more information on the"puppy mill" that has recently been approved in minnesota.While scrolling down the names of licensed breeders and brokers in rural minnesota I was horrified to see two names that are on my dogs registration papers.Apparently a broker bought my dog from a puppy mill and then in turn sold him to me.I will now be doing more research to see how many violations these people have and exactly what kind of environment my puppy came from.How could I have been so naive? Please do not make the same mistake that I did.I will only be going to rescues from now on.

Check out two of the best websites out there for the animals... www.lcanimal.org & www.peta.com

Yes, there are tons of unregistered puppy mills out there. I know of a woman in the Twin Cities who basically has a small mill in her home. She tells her neighbors they are pets, but her basement is filled with dog crates. The dogs are let out twice a day to do their business, but are otherwise ignored. Half of them have had their vocal chords removed because their barking was annoying. The main way she sells these dogs is through newspaper ads.

The pictures provided and the list of puppy mill operators are overwhelming. How can we make more people aware of these travesties, and keep these abuses in the forefront of public awareness? I fear that things will return to "business as usual" after the McDuffee legal action ends. The scale of these operations and the suffering involved are mind-boggling. Change will only come through legislated action. Contact your legislators and keep the pressure on!!

Debra mentioned the unregistered puppymills. I wonder how many of those ads in the Strib and Pioneer Press are them.

People need to be reminded that there are mill being run without a USDA license. There is also the problem of "backyard breeders", which is essentially just a smaller scale version of a puppy mill.

We must unite and take a stand for these unfortunate beings and bring down these 'millers and classB monsters.

Thanks for posting this. I think I may start sending some letters.